Genus Linacephalus Evans, 1977
Linacephalus michaelseni (Jacobi), type species of Linacephalus Evans.
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Genus Linacephalus Evans, 1977
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16 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Linacephalus Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [93].
Type species:
Paradorydium michaelseni Jacobi, 1977 by original designation.
Introduction
This is a small endemic genus of three species which are all distributed beween the Sydney basin of New South Wales and southwestern Western Australia.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
Diagnosis
Densely punctate insects. The anteclypeus is pear-shaped and the exposed part of the maxillary plates are of equal length with the lora. The subgenal sutures are oblique and the genae swollen. The parallel-sided postclypeus is flat and the frontal region medially flat and laterally sloping. The crown is flat, has a prominent median ridge and is marginally carinate. The tibiae are narrow and parallel-sided. In the male genitalia the pygophore is wider than long and the parameres are narrow, curved and apically acute (Evans 1977).
ID Keys
Evans 1977: 90–91
Diagnosis References
Evans, J.W. 1977. The leafhoppers and froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand. Part 2. Records of the Australian Museum 31(3): 83-129 [93]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | 27-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |